What is education for?
Tuesday 04 February 2014
18:00 to 19:30
A brief introduction to philosophy (or philosophies) of education by former teacher Marilyn Mason, with lots of questions to discuss, including:
What do you think the aims of education should be? What is education is for?
What is a well-educated person?
Is education different from training? How?
Can one educational philosophy (and system) fit all pupils and all abilities and talents?
Is there a common core of knowledge and culture that all pupils should have?
What would you suggest for this common core? Why?
How would you teach thinking and communication skills?
What would you add to the school curriculum? What would you take away to make time for it? Why?
Is choice important in education? Choice of school? Choice of curriculum? Choice of subject? Why? At what stage?
Should learning be self-directed, driven by curiosity?